Daily Hansan
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1962
60th Year, No. 44
Vote Could Boost ASC Ranks by Five
All Student Council election officials predict that heavy voting today will increase ASC membership by five.
John Stuckey, Pittsburg senior and ASC elections chairman, reported that 2,066 students voted in the first day of the general elections. Nine hundred more students voted yesterday than voted in both days of last weeks primary elections, he said.
"I EXPECT THE VOTING to exceed 5,000 this election in contrast to the 3,500 and 4,000 voting figures in the past," he said.
Stuckey explained that the number of candidates elected from each district depends on the number of students voting from that district.
THE LARGEST voting district, the married students, always casts the least votes and usually is not represented on the council. Stuckey pointed out.Married student votes numbered only 17 yesterday.
"Generally, if the voting is heavy the first day, the voting will be very heavy the second day since most living groups don't get their voters out until the last minute."
"The Married Students district could elect two people to the council if only all the students in Stouffer Place bothered to vote," Stuckey said.
Prof. Harris To Give First Inaugural Lecture
An "Inaugural Lecture," a European custom, will be held for the first time at KU Friday night.
Errol Harris, the Roy Roberts Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, will deliver the lecture at 8 p.m. in the University Theatre This is the third lecture of the 1962-63 Humanities Lecture Series.
The "inaugural lecture" is a rarity in America, but is common in Europe and the British Isles. When a professor is appointed to an important professional chair, he $ ^{\textcircled{e}} $
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gives the inaugural lecture, often to the entire faculty.
THE INAUGURAL LECTURE serves as a formal introduction of the professor to his colleagues and gives the professor a chance to present his views on matters of most interest to him as a scholar.
Edward Robinson, professor in the philosophy department which is co-sponsor of the Lecture Series with Humanities committee, says this lecture might revue the "inaugural lecture" custom in a form better adapted to KU.
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In contrast to the European style of "inaugural lectures." Prof. Harris' lecture will be open to the public and will also serve as an additional event in the well-known Humanities Lecture series.
Prof. Harris says that this form of inaugural lecture is better than a lecture open only to faculty members.
"IT IS ALSO an opportunity for me to meet the students and faculty and an opportunity for them to hear some of my ideas," he said.
While the "Inaugural Lecture" is an innovation for KU it is not for Prof. Harris.
Before he left South Africa in 1956, Prof. Harris gave an "inaugural lecture" at the University of the Witwatersrand.
His lecture was titled "Obecuvny and Reason" and it was published by the University, as is the custom in Europe and Britain.
Prof. Harris is the first Roy Roberts Distinguished Professor at KU
The professorship was sponsored through a $200,000 gift from Roy Roberts, president of the Kansas City Star. A fixed amount from the income of the professorship is a part of the salary which Prof. Harris receives.
Russians Halt U.S. Convoy
BERLIN—(UPI)—Soviet Border guards held up a U.S. Army convoy traveling to West Germany for 73 minutes today because the Russians again insisted the Army had to give advance notice of movements on the highway through East Germany.
The incident occurred shortly before President Kennedy and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer met at the White House today to discuss Berlin and other cold war tensions in what they agreed was an hour of great international peril.
ADENAUER particularly praised Kennedy's firm stand in the Cuban crisis. He said American readiness to meet the Soviet challenge "rendered valuable service to the freedom of the world."
In advance of their opening session, Kennedy was reported prepared to assure Adenauer that the United States would permit no choking off of civilian traffic to West Berlin by the reds.
The visiting Chancellor told Kennedy the measures he took in the Cuban crisis were "welcomed without qualification by my people and my government."
"We are firmly standing by your side and by the side of the American people." Adenauer said.
Weather
Colder temperatures tomorrow and Friday, with the likelihood of some rain tomorrow over the eastern portions of Kansas are forecast. Highs Thursday are expected to range from 65 to 70. Lows tonight will be near 30 in the west to 40 in the east.
Vote Count
By noon the voting turnout in a district breakdown is as follows; vote number District totals elected Fraternity 691 3 Sororites 314 2 Large Men's Dormitories 373 2 Large Women's Dormitories 289 2 Small Men's Dormitories 165 1 Small Women's Dormitories 60 0 Freshmen Women's Dormitories 254 2 Professional Fraternities and Co-operatives 29 0 Unmarried and Unorganized 124 1 Married 19 0 Freshman Class ballots 798 Total 3116
Frat Status In Contention
A hassle has arisen between the Elections Committee and Theta Tau, as a result of the Committee ruling that Theta Tau must vote in the Social Fraternity district.
Theta Tau, a member of a national engineering fraternity, contends it is not a social, but a professional fraternity. Members feel they should be allowed to vote in whatever district they wish. One member of Theta Tau said, "All we want to do is to vote for the candidate who is an engineer and will best serve the needs of our fraternity."
THE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE contends because Theta Tau is a member of the Inter-Fraternity Council(IFC), maintains a house, and has functions similar to social fraternities, that its status is that of a social fraternity.
Because Theta Tau and the IFC last year requested that Theta Tau be classified as a social fraternity, the Committee assumed that Theta Tau was already aware of their voting status.
JOHN STUCKEY, Pittsburgh junior and Elections Committee chairman, said, "The Committee cannot allow a house to classify itself in the district it chooses, merely on the basis of what candidate is running in that district.
JAMES CARR. Carthage, Mo. senior, and president of the Inter-Fraternity Council, said, "Theta Tau, by their mere membership in the IFC, is recognized as a social fraternity.
STUCKKEY SAID after the election, if Theta Tau wishes to change its voting status, they should bring it before the Elections Committee. He indicated that nothing can be done about it until after the election.
'Some Progress On Cuba in UN
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—(UPI)—Acting Secretary General U Thant said today that "some progress is being made toward a peaceful and speedy settlement" of the Cuban crisis.
A U.N. spokesman relayed Thant's sentiments in a statement after the acting secretary general held an hour and 50 minute talk with U.S. ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson.
Stevenson said there were "no fundamental changes" in the crisis negotiations but that both sides were seeking to bring the situation to an "early conclusion."
Still secret was a joint Cuban Soviet proposal put before Than yesterday for ending the crisis. I was understood the Russians did not raise it in a long talk with Stevenson late yesterday.
Stevenson said Thant discussed his conference yesterday in which Soviet deputy foreign minister Vasilly V. Kuznetsov and Cuban ambassador Carlos Lechuga put forward their joint "specific proposal."
The U.N. spokesman said that was not authorized by the Soviet Union and Cuba to relay details of the joint proposal to the United States at this time, however.
"Ambassador Stevenson and the secretary general reviewed some of the more important aspects of the Cuban problem in the light of recent developments," the spokesman said.
"The general feeling was that some progress is being made toward a peaceful and speedy settlement of the problem."
The spokesman said Thant did not authorize him to go further.
Details of the Cuban-Soviet plan still were understood to be centered on Cuban premier Fidel Castro's five-point demands, chief of which was for U.S. evacuation of the Guantanamo naval base.
Reliable sources said the Cuban-Soviet proposal was not even brought up in an extended conference between Stevenson and top Soviet envoyes last night. Stevenson briefed Thant on those talks today and the U.N. chief filled in the ambassador on details of the conference at which the joint proposal was made.
"We reviewed the Cuban crisis in all its details," Stevenson told newsmen after his meeting with Thant.
"Both sides are placing emphasis on bringing the matter to as early a conclusion as possible."
While the focus of activity was at the UN, in Cuba Soviet first deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan, his formal talks with Castro apparently still in abeyance, flew yesterday to Camegue province to tour a "People's farm."
It was not certain immediately whether Castro accompanied Mikoyan on the trip, but observers here surmised that he did.
U.S. Blockade Stops 49 Ships
WASHINGTON — (UFI) — One ship has been boarded during the three-week-old Cuban blockade while 48 others have been allowed to proceed to Havana, the Defense Department said today.
The 48 were cleared on the basis of visual inspection or what the department called "clear certificates." The ship which was boarded — a Lebanese freighter under Soviet charter — also was allowed through.
In addition, the Defense Department said the blockading fleet has issued "notices of transit" to a total of 200 ships passing in the vicinity of Cuba to ports outside that country.
The single boarding action was announced Oct. 26. The ship was the Lebanese-registered Marcula which was found to have no offensive weapons aboard.
A PENTAGON SPOKESMAN, at a mid-day briefing, first said there had been no boardings in the last week. Under further questioning, he said there had been only the one that had been announced in October.
The spokesman said the quarantine blockade is still in effect, and that air surveillance of Cuba is continuing.
The department said the blocking forces have issued two "clear certificates," indicating no offensive weapons aboard to ships which requested them.
Earlier, it was disclosed that the blockaders quietly permitted eight Soviet ships to pass through to Cuban ports during the two weeks ending last Saturday.
The Pentagon said provisions for clearing ships were "visual inspection without boarding, boarding and inspection and clear certificates." Clear certificates were issued at ports of embarkation, and indicated that no offensive weapons were aboard.
Job Aid Given to Students
By Joanne Prim
This is the last of three articles.
The KU student who wants to find a
square root
- The Dean of Women's office, 220 Strong Hall, for women students.
- The Aids and Awards office, 222 Strong Hall, for men students.
- The Kansas State Employment Service, 1035 Massachusetts.
- The KU Personnel office, 133 Strong, for civil service only.
- The school or department office of his major.
- The People-to-People Job Placement Committee at the P-t-P office in the basement of the Union, and the Dean of Students office, 228 Strong Hall.
"International students who want to work must apply to the U.S. government," said Clark Coan, international student adviser.
"If their employment would displace American workers, their application may be turned down. Applications are seldom approved during a student's first six months over here.
INTERNATIONAL students must enroll in a full course load and make satisfactory progress, he added.
The Dean of Women's office has always handled women's part-time employment, but the men's employment service has been shifted from office to office. It is presently located in the Aids and Awards office.
Fred Ellsworth, executive secretary of the Alumni Association, recalls when the Men's Student Employment Bureau was in his office, from 1932 to 1941. Before that, the KU-Y handled men's employment. After 1941, it was shifted to the Dean
"Students must show the U.S. government when they get their visas that they will be able to finance their stay here. If they apply for work, they must show how their situation has changed since they got their visas."
of Men's office and finally to the Aids and Awards office.
"Students needed jobs terribly during the depression," Ellsworth said in a recent interview.
"THEER WAS a kid from Atchison who could hardly pay his fees. When he did, he didn't have any money left, so we found him a job. That paid for his room, but he still didn't have anything to eat.
"He got a job selling peanuts at the football games. He sold them at 5 cents a sack, but when he checked in at the end of the first afternoon, he discovered that he should have sold them at 10 cents a sack. So he didn't make anything. In fact, he owed money . . . and he still didn't have anything to eat over the week-end.
"He called me and explained his situation. I called a professor who wanted someone to paint his house and I asked if he could make an ad-
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